title: Loktanella soesokkakensis sp. nov., isolated from the junction between the North Pacific Ocean and a freshwater spring.
abstract: A Gram-negative, aerobic, non-flagellated and rod-shaped or ovoid bacterial strain, designated DSSK1-5(T), was isolated from the junction between the North Pacific Ocean and a freshwater spring at Jeju island, South Korea. Strain DSSK1-5(T) was found to grow optimally at 30 °C, at pH 7.0-8.0 and in the presence of 2.0-3.0 % (w/v) NaCl. A neighbour-joining phylogenetic tree based on 16S rRNA gene sequences revealed that strain DSSK1-5(T) fell within the clade comprising Loktanella species, clustering consistently with the type strains of Loktanella hongkongensis and Loktanella cinnabarina, with which it exhibited 98.9 and 98.4 % sequence similarity values, respectively. Sequence similarities to the type strains of the other recognized Loktanella species were 94.0-96.2 %. Strain DSSK1-5(T) was found to contain Q-10 as the predominant ubiquinone and C18:1 ω7c as the major fatty acid. The major polar lipids of strain DSSK1-5(T) were identified as phosphatidylcholine, phosphatidylglycerol, diphosphatidylglycerol, one unidentified glycolipid and one unidentified aminolipid. The DNA G+C content of strain DSSK1-5(T) was determined to be 67.6 mol% and its mean DNA-DNA relatedness values with L. hongkongensis JCM 12479(T) and L. cinnabarina JCM 18161(T) were 19 and 23 %, respectively. The differential phenotypic properties, together with the phylogenetic and genetic distinctiveness, revealed that strain DSSK1-5(T) is separated from other Loktanella species. On the basis of the data presented, strain DSSK1-5(T) is proposed to represent a novel species of the genus Loktanella, for which the name Loktanella soesokkakensis sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is DSSK1-5(T) (= KCTC 32425(T) = CECT 8367(T)).
authors.affiliation: Department of Food Science and Biotechnology, Sungkyunkwan University, Jangan-gu, Suwon, South Korea.
authors.forename: Sooyeon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Jung-Sook
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Keun-Chul
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Jung-Hoon
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Yoon
mesh_terms: D001420:Bacteria, Aerobic / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000502:physiology; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D001482:Base Composition; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000032:analysis; D005618:Fresh Water; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D007723:Korea; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D010140:Pacific Ocean; D010743:Phospholipids / Q000032:analysis; D010802:Phylogeny; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D041902:Rhodobacteraceae / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000502:physiology; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D012965:Sodium Chloride / Q000378:metabolism; D013696:Temperature; D014451:Ubiquinone / Q000032:analysis; D014871:Water Microbiology
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D005227:Fatty Acids; D010743:Phospholipids; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; D014451:Ubiquinone; D012965:Sodium Chloride